Living Waters evangelist Ray Comfort, whose ministry involves distributing tracts and engaging passersby with the law and the gospel at the Huntington Beach pier, recently addressed comments made by his long-time friend and frequent collaborator Kirk Cameron, who questioned the traditional doctrine of unbelievers facing eternal conscious torment, expressing openness to annihilationism.
Cameron and Comfort are well known for their television show The Way of the Master, an evangelism training series focused on reaching the lost, in which Kirk frequently taught and referenced eternal conscious torment (ECT).
Seeking to reassure and reaffirm his ministry’s position, Comfort shared:
Kirk Cameron has been a dear friend of mine for decades. I’ve known him to be a godly man, a man who loves the Lord, his family, and the church. In a world filled with phonies and make-believe, especially in Hollywood, I think Kirk’s the real deal. He’s not only been a friend of Living Waters for nearly 25 years, but we’ve served in ministry together for a good portion of that time.
Some of you are aware of the fact that Kirk recently shared his questions and developing thoughts about the biblical nature of hell and the fate of the wicked.
On his show, his son asked him a question and Kirk gave his honest thoughts, indicating that he finds the view known as conditional mortality or annihilationism to be both compelling and possibly biblically supported.
While it certainly seemed from some of the things Kirk said on his podcast that he was indicating that this is now his official view, when I spoke with him personally on the phone, he told me that while he believes the Bible appears to point in the direction of this view, he’s not settled on the matter and has asked for further discussion.
Comfort continues:
Some of you have been asking whether or not Living Waters holds its position, and whether or not Kirk still works with us in an official capacity.
The answer is no.
While we believe Kirk is sincere, we believe that conditional mortality and annihilationism are erroneous views, and that the Bible’s clear teaching on hell is known as eternal conscious torment. We firmly believe that this is the only correct biblical view.
He concludes:
Once again, we’re releasing this video because we want to reaffirm that Living Waters does indeed hold to the biblical and historic orthodox doctrine of conscious eternal torment.
With regard to Kirk working with Living Waters, while we’ve written books and made television shows together, Kirk has not officially worked here for well over 10 years.
While the purpose of this video is not to defend the doctrine of conscious eternal punishment, but rather briefly reaffirm our theological position, we do plan to offer a thorough defense of the doctrine.
Ray Comfort responds to Kirk Cameron's recent drift towards annihilationism:
— Protestia (@Protestia) December 10, 2025
"He has been a dear friend of mine for decades….when I spoke to him personally on the phone, he told me…he's not settled on the matter." pic.twitter.com/pSdkYqwdPm
